Mechanism for Creating Smoke-Blowing Figurines

ABSTRACT

The invention is a structural utility in the interior of a hard and nonflammable figurine that results in the manipulation of smoke to create an outpouring of smoke from one or more outlets in the figurine.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

My invention pertains to the field of sculpting, fine art, and thecreation of figurines including religious, spiritual, or decorativefigurines that perform a mechanical process. The invention is not a pipeor other apparatus designed for the user to inhale or suck smoke out ofa cavity; it comprises instead a mechanical process whereby smoke isconducted through a main cavity out through a secondary cavity in ahardened clay or otherwise solid and nonflammable figurine fordecorative or spiritual purposes.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

My invention consists of a method of shaping clay or anothernon-flammable substance into hard figurines with interior structuresthat create an expulsion of smoke from a secondary cavity when paper oranother flammable material is inserted into a main cavity and lit withfire.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING

FIG. 1: Naked-eye view of a possible figurine, constructed from clay orother solid or hardened nonflammable material.

FIG. 2: Cross section of figurine, with a main cavity (A; Claim 2) and aconnected secondary cavity (B; Claim 3) visible as intersecting at anyarbitrary angle within the interior of the figurine.

FIG. 3: Cross section of same figurine including the main cavity (A;Claim 2) and a connected secondary cavity (B; Claim 3) in addition topaper or other flammable material, rolled into a cylindrical and hollowshape (C; Claim 4) and inserted into the top part of the main cavitywith the bottom of the paper resting on the walls of the main cavity andcausing the paper to stand erect.

FIG. 4: Cross section of same figurine including the main cavity (A;Claim 2) and a connected secondary cavity (B; Claim 3) with insertedpaper or other flammable material (C; Claim 4), this time including adepiction of the paper cylinder on fire (D; Claim 5) so as to create aflow of smoke from the paper through the main cavity and out through anysecondary cavity, with the path of smoke (E) depicted by directionalmovement arrows.

1. Structure of a main cavity (claim) wider at the top and decreasing insize toward the bottom surrounded by solid boundaries comprising afigurine or otherwise solid structure, connected to a secondary cavity(claim 3) allowing for the expression of smoke through the secondarycavity when a flammable material—paper or otherwise—is inserted inparticular fashion (claim 4) in the top of the main cavity and lit withfire (claim 5).
 2. A cone-shaped main cavity within hardened clay oranother solid, nonflammable material resistant to the damaging effectsof heat and fire, comprising a chamber to collect smoke from burningpaper or other flammable material inserted into the top of the cavity.3. A secondary cavity comprising one or more smaller, air-filledchambers constructed at an angle to the main cavity (claim 2) andconnected to the main cavity, whereby smoke from a burning material(claim 4) accumulating in the main cavity (claim 2) may exit thefigurine, allowing for the connected cavities (claims 2 & 3) to drawcontinual smoke from the center of the flammable material (claim 4) foras long as the flammable material burns and creates smoke.
 4. Theprocess by which paper or other flammable material is formed into acylinder in Which airflow is possible and inserted so as to rest on thetop walls of the cone-shaped cavity and stay erect, not obstructing anyintended secondary cavities (claim 3). This process includes but is notlimited to the insertion of the cylindrically shaped flammable materialinto the main cavity in a fashion that is air-tight around thecircumference of the opening of the main cavity, though possibilitiesfor airflow between the flammable material and the top of the chambermay comprise secondary cavities (claim 3) whereby smoke may be made tointentionally travel for a desired effect.
 5. The process by which thetop of the paper or other flammable material is lit on fire while thebottom of the paper cylinder (claim 4) rests on the top walls of thecone-shaped main cavity (claim 2) in such a manner so as not to obstructany secondary cavities (claim 3), allowing for the passage of smoke fromthe top of the flammable cylinder down through the main cavity and intoany secondary cavities and ultimately exiting the figurine.